Mato Grosso Academy of Letters | |
Native Name: | Academia Brasileira de Letras (AML) |
Native Name Lang: | pt |
Formation: | May 22, 1921 |
Language: | Portuguese |
Founder: | Francisco de Aquino Correia, José de Mesquita |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Sueli Batista dos Santos |
Formerly: | Mato Grosso Center for Letters |
The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters (Portuguese: Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a literary society in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The academy was founded on May 22, 1921, as the Mato Grosso Center for Letters (Portuguese: Centro Matogrossense de Letras), largely through the efforts of Dom Francisco de Aquino Correia, Archbishop of Cuiabá, and the lawyer José de Mesquita. Its creation was inspired by founding of the in 1919.
The organization changed its name to the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters on October 22, 1932. Both the academy and the Geographical and Historic Institute of Mato Grosso are headquartered at the, a listed historic building in Cuiabá, and the former residence of Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço, a pioneer in the literature of Mato Grosso.